Michelle Obama is pushing the anti-gun issue as a matter of “kids trying to stay alive.” In other comments she noted, “There are so many kids in this country just like them, kids with so much promise, but so few opportunities, good kids who are doing everything they can to break the cycle and beat the odds.”

“We need to be better for them. We need to be better for all of our children in this country because they are counting on us to give them the chances they need for the futures they all deserve.”

Obama’s aides claim that she is not taking a new direction, but the First Lady has spoken about the gun issue several times now, making claims that she isn’t taking up a new crusade a bit hard to believe.